As a non-American, this entire article is baffling.

The English measurement system is so stupid we should all facepalm ourselves for continuing to use it.

Not much love for the metric system in this country, even though someone seems to bring up it every couple of decades. In the mid-seventies, we were all subjected to intensive metric instruction for a couple of years because mass conversion was imminent, only to go back to the English system soon after that. The…

Is your FIL living with you? Is he in bad health? We got my Grandma a little Shih Tzu when she was 83. My Grandma was in okay health. The dog was a rescue adult and adored my Grandma. Except for a hospital visit my Grandma was with her all the time. Besides being a companion the dog got my Grandma out of the house and…

my favorite.

The Business of Being Born.

The thing that bothers me most is that the castle is an easy get-yourself-lost distance from Belle’s village...yet none of the villagers know it exists. They found it easily enough when they were aiming to storm it with pitchforks and torches. How come no one but Belle and her father ever accidentally stumbled…

But a lot of fairy tales and old stories are creepy as fuck. I don’t think that’s a reason to dispose of them and just eliminate them from the fairy tale/kids’ stories canon.

I find your comment confusing. LOTR was fifteen years ago, filmed in NZ. Harry Potter had poc characters. People of color existed in England even back in Downton Abbey days.

Is it weird that I read that as “to support a friend’s memorial *fraud*”?

Many years ago, my son received a Red Ryder BB gun at age 8 as a gift (much to my objections). We concentrated on gun safety basics, shooting tin cans off the picnic table, targets, etc. One day he saw a chipmunk nearby (our property is inundated with them - they’re little bastids) and wondered aloud if he could hit…

Yummy chitterlings with formaldehyde flavor!

Talking about it with the New York Times would seem inadvisable, then.

Garnier Micellar Water — the one that removes waterproof makeup (blue cap). My face has been so clear since I started using it. On non-shower days, I use it in the morning to clean off sleep dirt. It’s the best skin care item I own.

Garnier Micellar Water — the one that removes waterproof makeup (blue cap). My face has been so clear since I…

I agree that people shouldn’t be allowed to rent out non-compliant units. That makes them slumlords. But, you should be able to live in a tent on your own land if you want.

But diagnosing her with seizures from your fucking laptop isn’t degrading? Okay, Dr. Internet. Sure.

You got an explanation. She’s a 68-year-old woman wearing a suit and body armor on a hot day during an incredibly emotional event. She got overheated. This is not strange, or worrying, or even unusual (multiple Bushes have vomited on foreign dignitaries, so...).

Call me when she vomits on a Prime Minister.

If her doctor says she has a clean bill of health, then I believe it. But since when have the media or Trump’s rabid supporters ever exercised any ability to not blow dumb shit out of proportion or be reasonable? They are going to have a field day with this. I hope I’m wrong, but this doesn’t bode well. This could be…